Vocab. Level D Unit 9
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Auxiliary | giving assistance or support; a helper, aid |
| Candid | frank, sincere; impartial; unposed |
| Cubicle | a small room or compartment |
| Drudgery | work that is hard and tiresome |
| Envoy | a representative or messenger (as of a government) |
| Escalate | to elevate; to increase in intensity |
| Expedient | a means to an end; advantageous, useful |
| Feign | to pretend |
| Flair | a natural talent |
| Grievous | causing sorrow or pain; serious |
| Heterogeneous | composed of different kinds, diverse |
| Horde | a vast number (as of people); a throng |
| Impel | to force, drive forward |
| Incredulous | disbelieving, skeptical |
| Inscribe | to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list |
| Monologue | a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person |
| Prognosis | a forecast of the probably course and outcome of a disease or situation |
| Rasping | with a harsh, grating sound; a harsh sound |
| Repugnant | offensive, disagreeable, distasteful |
| Scuttle | to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; a pail |
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